Mike Devine:
CLASS OF 1969
Hamden High SchoolClass of 1969
Hamden, CT
Mike's Story
Mike is from Hamden, Connecticut. Mike's schools include Hamden High School. Mike later attended The Culinary Institute of America. Mike works(ed) at Submarine Force United States Navy (retired).
Music Mike likes includes Joey DeFrancesco - Fan Page, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Van Zandt. Books Mike likes include Zen Golf: Mastering the Mental Game, by Dr. Joe Parent, Uncle Al Capone - The Untold Story from Inside His Family. Movies Mike likes include Lincoln, The Warriors, Woodstock. TV shows Mike likes include HBO Boxing, American Bandstand, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch.
One of Mike's favorite quotes is:""Any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a great deal of pride and satisfaction: "I served in The United States Navy"
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
Women on Submarines, ahead flank, cavitate. Lead, follow or get out of the way. Embrace change because change is fast going to embrace you..."It's a done deal"
"Submarine launched weapons, on target, on time, the first time". "When you care enough to send the very best send a Submarine launched weapon".
"Life passes most people by while they're busy making grand plans for it."
"You can live to 100, but it takes a long time"
âThe fantastic mix of order and chaos demands a rigid hierarchy and a sacrosanct code of conduct, where punctuality, loyalty, team work and discipline are key to producing consistently good food.â //Tony Bourdain
"Punctuality, Loyalty, I think with that anything is possible. I love it when it's so simple".//Mike Devine".
More about Mike:"Graduated Hamden High School in 1969. The Culinary Institute of America in 1971. Enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1971 and never looked back. I play lots of golf. Travel some, but never enough.
Hamden High School 1969
Culinary Institute of America 1971 (New Haven, Connecticut)
Submarine Force United States Navy, August 1971-July 2002 retired, made 26 FBM patrols, slept with nuclear weapons, much safer than driving a car to work...
Master Chief Petty Officer, United States Navy(retired)
Chief of The Boat (Submarines)(The Fightin Ship Alabama SSBN 731)
Command Master Chief
2006 Club Champion Tumwater Valley Golf Course .
2007 Club Champion The Home Course .
2008 Club Champion The Home Course.
2009 knee surgery, bummer...
- April 2011, I'm making a come back, I can walk 3 miles, do 50 pushups, more to...Expand for more
follow..., I'm up to 60 pushups. Lost 46 pounds. My knees need some work.
-June 2011, well a staph infection side tracked me, nearly killed me, but I'm still kicking and moving forward.
Left-sided cartoid exposure with anterior corpectomy of C3-4, anterior cervical fusion of C2-3 through C4-5 and C5-6 with Synmesh cage with allograft and anterior buttress plate C5. Posterior exposure C2 through C7, posterior segmental instrumentation and laminectomery C3 to 5, with local bone graft. Simply said, I'm a miracle of God, it's hard to believe he even knows me. Believe in miracles, because God grants miracles. He created the sun and the moon and saved me from the brink. Thank you God, I know how busy you are. Mike Devine.
Master Chief Petty Officer Michael P. Devine was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He graduated from Hamden High School in 1969 , The Culinary Institute of America in 1971 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in August of 1971.
Devine received recruit training at Great Lakes, Illinois. His first duty station was at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California with Attack Squadron 27 (VA-27) and Attack Squadron 155 (VA-155), deploying onboard USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) and USS Oriskany (CV-43) respectively. Upon reenlistment he was stationed at Naval Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut and attended Enlisted Submarine School. His first Submarine assignment upon graduation was USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN 619), where he completed Submarine qualification and earned his Submarine Warfare insignia âDolphinsâ. Other assignments include USS Florida (SSBN 728), USS Ohio (SSBN 726), Commander Submarine Squadron Seventeen (CSS-17) and USS Alaska (SSBN 732).
Devine was then assigned as Chief of the Boat (COB) on board USS Alabama (SSBN 731). Upon completion of this tour he was assigned to Staff Submarine Force U.S. Pacific Fleet as Force Career Counselor and assumed the duties as Staff Command Master Chief. He then served as Command Master Chief on the staff of Commander Submarine Squadron Twenty-Two(CSS-22) in LaMaddalena, Sardinia, Italy. He completed thirty-one years of Naval Service while attached to the staff of Commander Navy Region Hawaii in July of 2002.
Devineâs personal awards include the Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), Navy Commendation Medal (two awards), Navy Achievement Award (three awards), Enlisted Submarine Insignia (Dolphins) and SSBN Strategic Deterrent Patrol Pin/Gold (26 patrols).".
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